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Presentation to Materials Science and Engineering Grad Students
October 3, 2007by Linda Michtics, Liaison Librarian for Engineering
[email protected], ext. 23882
To provide you with information on sources and services available through the McMaster Library which will assist you with your research
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I am looking for articles on ‘solute drag’ and I want to know the most efficient way of searching for them
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by subject (Materials Science) under the Databases tab on the Library’s homepage
by list of Primary Science and Engineering Databases on Thode’s homepage left nav bar (Note: this is a small subset of many electronic databases to which the Library subscribes)
by contacting the Library or your Liaison Librarian
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favourite choices of Materials Science profs in your department:
Engineering Village – Compendex and Inspec SciFinder Scholar Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded
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identify main concepts identify synonyms for these concepts (tip: use
online thesaurus) when phrase searching, enclose phrase in
quotation marks eg. “solute drag” use boolean operators: and, or, not use proximity operators eg. near use asterisk symbol * (truncation) for plurals or
alternative endings : * eg. canad* gets canada, canadian, canadians
use wildcard symbol ? eg. wom?n for woman and women
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most comprehensive bibliographic database of research for all engineering disciplines
includes references from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports
online coverage from 1969 to the present updated weekly use online tutorial and online help in
Compendex
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find one good article use hyperlinked words from descriptors
(main heading; controlled terms, uncontrolled terms, etc.) or authors to find other relevant articles
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use RACER if article is not available at or through McMaster libraries
RACER = online Interlibrary loan system searches other Ontario university libraries
as well as many others average of 5 to 10 days to receive material FREE
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receive emails to keep up-to-date on latest research in your area(s) of interest
offered by various database producers, societies and journal publishers
registration required but it’s FREE for list, click on Database Alerts from the
left nav bar on Thode’s homepage
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web-based citation management software FREE to Mac students create one or several accounts store unlimited number of references registration required can move your RefWorks database into
another database programme (eg. Endnote, ProCite, Reference Manager, etc.)
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contains all material in all four campus libraries
includes materials the Library owns or has access to such as: print books, e-books, print journals (by title only), e-journals, government publications, conference proceedings
check location information and status from a catalogue record
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Contains online full-text journals, magazines and newspapers
Note: always check the Library Catalogue if you can’t find something as we may have it in print or even online
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searches across many disciplines and sources from one place
includes peer-reviewed articles, theses, books, etc. published by professional societies, preprint repositories, universities
if on-campus, can link directly to full-text papers that McMaster subscribes to as result of Library’s link resolver
use get it @ Mac link if it’s available
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Visit: Research Help Desk in Thode Library, 1st Floor
email: [email protected] Call: ext. 24256, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. MSN: [email protected] M – F 11 -3 AOL/Yahoo!: maclibraries M – F 11 -3 Contact Linda Michtics, Liaison Librarian for
Engineering: [email protected] or ext. 23882
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